Noblemen of the late 17th century, with King Louis XIV of France, center.. The man in the middle is King Louis XIV of France, the Sun King, from an oil painting on alabaster in Heidelberg. The other men are French cavaliers from the reign of Louis XVI. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithograph by A. Volkert and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.